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1.nounA shaky or unsteady gait.
2.nounA lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
3.nounA kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound."a garden reel"
4.nounA machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
5.nounA device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
6.nounA short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
7.verbTo wind on a reel.
8.verbTo spin or revolve repeatedly.
9.verbTo unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else."He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package."
10.verbTo walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
11.verb(with back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly."He reeled back from the punch."
12.verbTo make or cause to reel.
13.verbTo have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
14.verbTo be in shock.
15.verbTo roll.